Life Skills Education for Secondary Education

Life skills study is intended to strengthen a pupil's overall development. This involves, for instance, having pupils make an effort to develop spiritual values, physical health and psychological strength. They strengthen their social skills, moral competence and respect for others and them- selves. In addition, an effort is made to strengthen their courage, initiative, natural creativity and adaptability to meet the demands and challenges of everyday life. The emphases in life skills underline the fact that the school is the pupils' workplace, where valuable upbringing takes place. Basic responsibility for children's upbringing must, however, always be in the hands of their parents/guardians. As the school assists parents in their role as child-raisers, pupils' education and welfare is thus a joint project of schools and households. This co-operation must be based on mutual respect, mutual trust and joint responsibility. One of the emphases of life skills is to have the school create a positive and secure study environment, characterized by the support and co-operation of everyone in the school, both pupils and staff. A positive school spirit, together with realistic demands and expectations of pupils, facilitates them in achieving the study objectives set. Adolescence is a period of experimenting, experiencing and expanding. Adolescents need help and guidance indecision-making, problem solving, critical thinking, developing interpersonal skills, self-awareness, empathy, coping with stress and managing emotions. The rebelliousness and dislike for parental intrusion usually keeps parents at bay because teenagers do not relish the idea of help and guidance from parents. However, this may not always be so. Beneath frequent violent outbursts, sudden mood swings and related interpersonal problems of an adolescent, there may be a person crying out for professional help. All adolescents need support and guidance. When parents find it difficult to handle signs of trouble, professional help should be sought at the earliest. Extra care is needed while offering help to adolescents problems because it is not easy for teenagers to accept the fact that they need help. Attempts should be made to understand the adolescent, and to safeguard, protect and guide him/her. The Family Life & Life Skills Education Programmed is a good support system for adolescents at the community level. [ Armin Mahmoudi & Golsa Moshayedi. Life Skills Education for Secondary Education. Life Sci J 2012; 9(3): 1393-1396] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 202